Horse-detacher.



PATENTHD KER. 25;, 1905 3.1. HATGHER.

HORSEDBTAGHER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11 1904.

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lllllih-v -No. 788,4O3. PATENTED APR.\25, 1905.

B. P. HATGHBR.

HORSE DETAOHER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. 1904.

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@{ w I attozmq UNITED STATES Patented April 25. 1905.

PATENT ()EEIcE.

BENJAMIN F. HATCHER, OF MOODY, KENTUCKY.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 788,403, dated April 25, 1905.

' Application filed August 11,1904. Serial No. 220.409.

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that LBENJAMIN F. HA'roI-IER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moody, in the county of Green and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detachers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to horse-detachers; and one of the objects of the same is to provide a reliable and eflicient device for detaching a horse from a vehicle, in case the animal should becomefractious, bymeansof asimple, strong, smooth-working device.

Another object of my invention is to provide a horse-detacher which can be easily applied to a vehicle and harness as at present constructed without requiring any material change in the vehicle or harness.

These and other objects are attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aplan view of a vehicle, showing my horse detacher connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of a swingletree, one end being shown in section to illustrate one portion of my invention. Fig. 3 is an end view of said swingletree. Fig. i is a perspective view of the releasing-lever. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the trace-detacher. Fig. 6 is a side view of a portion of one of the vehicleshafts and showing my holdback secured thereto. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of my holdback-strap adapted to be connected by a ring to the holdback-hook.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral l designates aswingletree which is pivoted in the usual manner to a pair of vehicleshafts 2 2. Upon the ends of the swingletree 1 are caps or tips 3, and as said caps are identical in construction one only will be described. The cap 3 is provided with a socket 4, extending from the inner end of said cap and terminating at a suitable point within it. The outer end of the cap is provided with a stud or tracebutton 45, said stud being round and of equal diameter throughout. A groove 5 extends longitudinally of the cap upon one side, and an opening 6 extends from the groove into the socket 4. Upon the opposite side of the cap a similar groove 7 is formed therein, and an opening 8 from one end of the groove communicates with the socket 4. A tapered attaching-lug 9 extends from the inner end of v the cap and is secured to the swingletree by means of bolts 10, the outer end of the swin gletree fitting an enlarged portion 11 of the socket and abutting against shoulders 12 therein. A spring 13 is seated within the socket 4, one end of said spring bearing against the bottom of the socket and the opposite end of said spring forming a seat for a loop or stud 14:, formed upon the releasing-lever 15, said lever being pivoted at 16 upon a pin 17, extending through perforations 18 in ears 19 at opposite sides of the opening 6. The releasing-lever 15 is provided with an arm-20, which normally lies in the groove 5, and at its outer end the lever is provided with an eye 21 and a terminal end 22, adapted to form a keeper for the trace. The opposite end of the releasing-lever has a bent end 23, which forms a pintle for the trace releaser or pusher 2a, which comprises a long arm 25, which normally lies in the groove 7 and is provided at its free end with a ring 26, which slides freely upon the trace stud or button 4:. At suitable points under the shafts are the holdbackhooks 27, said hooks being provided with a long bill 28, extending to a shank 29, and recesses 30 upon opposite sides at the junction of the'hook and shank. The holdback consists of a strap 31, having a rubber-covered ring 32 secured thereto for engagement with the holdback hook, the opposite end of the holdback being connected to the breeching of the harness in any suitable manner.

A strap or cord is attached to the eye 21 of each of the releasing devices, said cord or tendency to bolt or run away, the operatingcord 34 is pulled by the driver, this cord pulling backward upon the releasing-levers and pushing the trace-releaser outward and the traces 011' the stud or button 4:, the holdbackring sliding ofi the holdback-hooks as the horse pulls away from the vehicle, the reins being thrown over the horse as he goes.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my invention is of comparatively simple construction, is reliable and eflicient in operation, cannot readily get out of order, can be applied to swingletrees without material change in their construction, and that the device as a whole can be manufactured at comparatively slight cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A horse-detaching device comprising a swingletree-cap having a longitudinal socket therein and openings in opposite sides communicating with opposite sides of the said socket, at the inner end thereof, a coil-spring seated in the socket, a releasing-lever pivoted to the cap and provided with an arm extending into the socket through one of said openings, said arm being provided with a loop or stud extending into said spring and said arm terminating in a pintle, and a trace-pusher pivoted on the said pintle and having its pivotal end in the other of said openings, substantially as described.

2. A horse-detaching device comprising a swingletree-cap having a trace-stud at its outer end and further provided with a longitudinal socket and openings in opposite sides communicating with the inner end of said socket, a coil-spring seated in said socket, a releasinglever pivoted to the said cap at a point opposite one of said openings and having an arm extending through said openings and across the inner end of said socket, said arm having a stud extending into the spring and said arm terminatin in a intle, and a traceusher having a ring or an eye to fit the trace-stud, said trace-pusher being pivotally connected at its inner end to the said arm of the releasing-lever and on the pintle thereof, and having its pivoted end in the other opening of the cap, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing \vitnesses.

BENJAMIN F. HATOHER. Witnesses:

C. H. NOGGLE, J. H. GRAHAM. 

